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thumb /ˈɵʌm/  

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  • noun
    plural thumbs
    [count] the short, thick finger on the side of your hand
    a little girl sucking her thumb
    I accidentally cut my thumb.
    the part of a glove or mitten that covers a thumb
    My mitten has a hole in the thumb.
    all thumbs
    US or Brit all fingers and thumbs
    extremely awkward or clumsy
    I'm all thumbs when it comes to wrapping packages.
    rule of thumb
    xem rule
    stick out like a sore thumb
    xem sore
    twiddle your thumbs
    xem twiddle
    under someone's thumb
    under someone's control or influence
    He kept the employees under his thumb.
    verb
    thumbs; thumbed; thumbing
    informal :to ask for or get a ride in a passing vehicle by sticking out your arm with your thumb up as you stand on the side of the road :hitchhike [+ obj]
    I thumbed a ride/lift to school.
    He thumbed his way to New York. [no obj]
    He thumbed across the country.
    thumb through
    [phrasal verb]
    thumb through (something) :to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) quickly
    I thumbed through a magazine while I waited.
    thumb your nose at
    to show very clearly that you do not like or care about (something)
    She thumbed her nose at my suggestions.
    They thumb their nose at the rules. [=they ignore the rules]

    * Các từ tương tự:
    thumb index, thumbnail, thumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbs-down, thumbs-up, thumbtack